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(No Modl.)

S. W. OUSHING.

DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING DRAPERIES.

No. 589,703. Patented Sept. 7,1897;

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SAMUEL lVENTlVORTH OUSI'IING, OF

PATENT @EEiCE.

DERBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT S. GARDNER, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR SUSPENDENG DRAPERIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,703, dated$epten1ber 7, 1897.

Application filed February 3, 1897. Serial No. 621,783. (No model.)

To rtZ-Z whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL \VENTWORTH GUsHING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Derby, in the county of New Haven 5 and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for Suspending Draperies; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as g will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a device for suspendingcurtains, portiercs,

and draperies generally which is used in connection with a slotted tubeinstead of a pole,

which dispenses with all outside rings, is simple and inexpensive toproduce, in which friction is reduced to the minimum, and which will notbecome aifected to the slightest ex- :0 tent by oxidation of the partsin use.

lVith these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel device forsuspending curtains which I will now describe, referring by charactersto the accompanying drawings, 2 5 forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is an elevation, the tube being in section, illustratingthe operation of my novel suspending device; Fig. 2, a section on theline x min Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section of the tube; ;o and Fig. 4 is aplan view of one of my novel suspending devices detached.

1 denotes the tube, which is provided with a slot 2 in its under side.

My novel suspending device consists sim- 5 ply of a free ball and acarrier A, in which the ball is loosely inclosed.

I have shown this carrier as consisting of a plate l, which in thepresent instance is round and has a lip 5 extending through the .0 slotand provided with a hole to receive a hook or other suitable device 6for the attachment of a curtain or other pieceof drapery. The plate isof such a size as not to come in contact with any portion of the tubeunless l it be the sides of the slot and is provided with a centralopening 7, which receives the ball freely.

The ball is shown as retained in this opening by a ring 8, of Wire,which lies in a plane practically at right angles to the plate and ispassed through one side of the plate 4: 5o

and the ends of which are attached to the other side, the ring retainingthe ball in the opening, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, but leaving itperfectly free, the essential principle of the invention being that theball is left T wholly free.

It will be seen that in use the weight of the curtain or other piece ofdrapery suspended from the carrier will rest upon the top of the balland that the ball when the hanging is moved will travel on the lowerportion of the inner periphery of the tube. The edge of the opening 7 inthe plate rests in the top of the ball, said edge extending in thedirection of the rotation of the ball. Therefore the movement of theball has no tendency to oscillate the carrier, and the minimum amount offrietion is provided for.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A device for suspendingdraperies consisting of a free ball and a carrier therefor comprising inits construction a fiat plate having an opening which receives the ballloosely and a ring secured to the plate by which the 7 5 ball is looselyheld in the opening, the edge of the opening in the plate resting on theball in the line of its path of movement, and a portion of said platebeing adapted to extend through a slot in a runway and guide the platein said line.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL WENTWORTII CTSIIING.

lVitnesses CHARLES N. Downs, D. B. GIDDIXGS.

